battle against the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople on August 9, 378. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown. The Goths then continued to move east and attacked Constantinople. Because there was no emperor to lead the forces, the empress Dominica was forced to organize a counterattack. According to Socrates and Sozomen, Dominica paid soldiers’ wages out of the imperial treasury to any civilian volunteers who were willing to arm themselves against the invaders. After the death of her husband she ruled as de facto regent and defended Constantinople against the attacking Goths until his successor, Theodosius I arrived. The date and circumstances of her death remain unknown. References Sources J. McCabe, The Empresses of Rome (1911). "Women in power Year 1- 500" url accessed 10/01/07 Lewis, Naphtali, and Meyer Reinhold, eds. Roman Civilization: Volume II: the Empire. New York: Columbia UP, 1990. 594–597, 614–615. Schaff, Philip. Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, and Rufinus: Historical Writings. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1892. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. 17 May 2007 <http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf203.i.html>. External links Page of "Failure of Empire" reporting on her ancestry and family Entry of her uncle Eusebius in the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 330s births 4th-century Roman empresses Arian Christians Augustae Valens Valentinianic dynasty Year of death unknown 4th-century women rulers